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Find Spot record MDR3786 - Food vessel, Stanton Park, Stantonv in the Peak

Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Bronze Age Food Vessel of Manby's Type 3(iii) found in cutting a drain in Stanton Park towards the end of 1845. Now in Sheffield Museum. (1,2). Also described as a vase with a moulded lip ornamented inside with three dotted lines, with a narrow ridge on the body and punctured all round. It is 5¾ inches high and 5½ inches in diameter at the top and three inches in diameter at the base. (3). No further information. (4).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1848. Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. p85.
  • <2> Article in serial: Manby, T. 1957. 'Food vessels of the Peak District', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 77, pp 1-29. p23.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Howarth, E. 1899. Catalogue of the Bateman Collection of Antiquities in the Sheffield Public Museum. p134.
  • <4> Personal Observation: F1 FDC 14-FEB-66.

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Location

Grid reference SK 23 63 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish STANTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1082

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Record last edited

Jun 15 2015 1:03PM

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